The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-07-30
Emancipation day, August 4,

Emancipation day, August 4,
Remember the special features at the fair
The pavements around the courthouse
square are sadly in need of repair.
The Lexington Coal Company's Once il
being frightened up by needed repairs.
Mr.. l.. T. King has retired from the Waiver
ly Times. leaving Mr.. ]. r. Love sole propri-
etor.
Garrison grange will meet at the Brick
Schoolhouse, at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, Saturday
Augusta. A full attendance is desired.
The amount Of state school money sppor'
toned to this county is 1854 IS. Number 81
children, 9.490, on enumeration of 1886.
Two Italians were arrested MONDAY for
Judge lined them each fifty dollars snd costs,
which they paid:
Mr.. Blake Hudson, q Missouri Pacific em-
ploye, was knocked dow and robbed. last
Friday night, near the FIRST Ward school. by
some unknown person.
Business men, remember the meeting a
the courthouse mex Monday afternoon, to
at the Kansas City Exposition. -
Mat. Clark. colored. plead guilt be-
Esquire Bascom, yesterday, to st~eaSI1kxe..s
of shoes from Messrs. Smith & Bot "a
was sentenced to one hundred a
county rock pile.
A three-year.old sen Of MIR. Fcrx.s< IL a,h-
fell out of a two-hcrse Wagon : the farm.
last Tuesday. and vas rQnelwa 4. ore of the
wheels. He was quite Init no
bones were broken. 80 nsrrow
escape for the little fsll9y I'm what was
feared would be a fstdl ,ss ,,us Of
the accident. ~
The prohibition msest -sus, 70 oro.,,zs
, ,ua % Tnaad ,or .a,s3sHAt the courthouse,
last tuesday afsslg Judge VIM. Young
was made I'D Mr.. Geo. Vaughan
secretary; 4crozch. Capt. J. D,
Nouuel' Young, Messrs. Lewis
weave snu.{EbNelan were appointed an
sons ~ auletee. There were SO per-
.S ~ sAdeuces some of whom were
= Nth the movement. A few
400 saI~1Qktefe made, and q collection Of
EAfkan up. The meeting was held
4lctorY one under the circum-
S%a4uHfriends of the cause.
49, <felIege:-Mr. L. H. Cobbs, Jr +,
trip to Eldorado Springs, last
Several persons from This neigh
IA Intended the temperance lecture at
eNkcaty Saturday night. They pronounced
q 9uhccess. Mrs. Kit Vaughan, of Warrens-
xuf<, is visiting friends in this vicinity. Mrs.
18th Erwin, If Plymouth, Oregon, is visiting
fiends and relatives in this neighborhood.
II. T. 7. Cobbs has lost two head OF the cat
ee that he bought in Kansas City. recently.
Mrs. Sarah Campbell, of Higginsville, Is Wis
iting In this vicinity, this week. The College
neighborhood turned out at the picnic ut
Wellington, Thursday. Messrs. F. E. Cash
and j. IS. Thomas were visiting at Mr.. Jas.
Rankin's, last Sunday. Mr.. Frank Rilott In
tends going to CofKeeville, Kansas, next week.
The temperance picnic in Rogge's pasture,
last Thursday, was largely attended. the
crowd present being estimated at from four
to six hundred persons. Speeches were made
by Judge Y. Rylsnd. Rev. W. A. Crouch
and q young gentleman named Hammer.
We understand that 8 liberal share Of the
speeches was directed at the Intelligent
Ger, and that one of the speakers INDUCED
In some rather dlscourteous reflections
upon the editor. This Is hardly in con.
sonanee with. the resolution OF courtesy
adopted & III St6fthouse. We do not intend
5nk&lW14jato ttat style Of controversy nc
WelfoN N44keoukpt others may pursue, snd
So nd sood that can accrue to any cause
byNOc6s course. Courtesy is a jewel in the
mouth of any man.
Higginsville Steve Wilson and William
Aull were in town Monday. Miss kittie
Fulkerson was Mrs. W. W. Preston's guest
Monday. She is now visiting at Oak Grove.
Mr.. Isidore Keller was in town Tuesday
Mrs. A. J. Sparks returned from q visit to
Coldwater, Kansas. last Monday. Mrs. Tom
Hill, of Odessa, is visiting her fathers femi-
ly this week. She was in Lexington Tues
day. Miss Laui has returned to her home
in Brownsville after a two weeks visit to
her brother. Messrs. Henry ZantmeTer and
John Crist have gone to Kansas looking out
q location. Mira. Sarah Oliver left. FRIDAY,
for vernon county, to visit relatives. Miss
Ida Willard leaves, Sunday. for a weeks Visit
to Kansas City trienis Messrs. Geo. and
Joe Osborn, accompanied by their wives.
left here. Wednesday morning. on a pleasure
trip to California. Misses Monte and Hattie
Beatie leave this week for a visit to their SIS
ter at Larned, Kansas.